Window display support



A ril 5, 1932. J, w, DEMPSEY' 1,852,449

WINDOW DI SPLAY SUPPORT Filed May 51, 1950 IN ENTOR ATTORNEY PatentedApr. 5, 1932 UNITED STATES JOHN W. DEMPSEY, OF

LOWELL, MASSACHUSETTS wnvnow DISPLAY SUPPORT Application filed May 31,

This invention relates to devices for holding flags, ornaments oradvertising matter inside show windows in stores or oflice windows inofiice buildings or ordinary windows in dwelling houses.

While it might be used outside, its special purpose is to provide theoccupant with a neat, convenient holder by which flags, fans or othersimilar devices which include a staff can be supported on the inside ofa window pane in any position desired.

The device also preferably includes means by which a card on which is aphotograph, picture or other ornament can be held in position withreference to such flags inside the window.

The device is of such character that it can instantly be attached ordetached but will be held in place so firmly that it can support a govery substantial weight.

In the drawings, Fig. 1 is an elevation of the device with displayarticles in position as viewed from the front through a pane of glass.

Fig. 2 is a front elevation of the body with the suction cup removed andwith a nail in place.

Fig. 3 is a front elevation Similar to Fig. 1, but on an enlarged scaleand showing mainly the support itself.

Fig. 3A is a front elevation similar to Fig. 2 of a modification of theholding body, part being broken away to show the interior.

Fig. 3B is a side elevation of another form of nail or means by which tohang a display article.

Fig. 4.- is a side elevation partly in suction as from the left of Fig.3, but with the flags removed and other display articles attached in adifferent way, the body being shown partly in section to show theconstruction.

Fig. 5 is a front elevation of a modified form of support the suctioncup being broken away and part being shown in section to show theconstruction.

Fig. 6 is a side elevation of the suction cup shown in Fig. 5 removedfrom the body.

Fig. 7 is a front elevation similar to Fig. 5 of another modification.

In the drawings, A represents a sheet of 1930. Serial No. 457,968.

glass which may be a store or oflice window or an ordinary window panein a dwelling house.

B is the body of my holding device Shown as made of a block of woodbakelite, fibre or other suitable material of substantially triangularshape with the top side 12 substantially horizontal when in positionandhaving the holes 10 and 11 which are relatively vertical if viewed fromtheside as in Fig. 4 or as making an angle if viewed as shownin Fig. 3.

These holes 10 and 11 are eachadapted to receive a staff such as 20 or21 each of which may be part of a flag suchas F or G or a banner, fan orother similar article. v

The sides 13 and 14 converge to arounded "o5 point 15 and in the frontnear the bottom is a nail hole 18 adapted to receivea nail such as K bywhich a card or similar article such as H can be attached or detached.

Cis a concavo-convex rubber suction cup 7 which is fixed to body Band'is adapted to adhere to a pane of glass such as A when pressedagainst it and then allowed to expand.

R isa brace'attached to the front of the body proximate and under cup Cin such a position that whenthe cup is in holding position against theglass it touches along the lower part of the cup thereby stiffening thatpart and helping to keep the center of gravity of the whole outfit,including the card H and the flags F andG by their weight, from forcingout the top part such as 9 of cup G, thus allowing the air to enter.

Brace R is preferably of curved shape where it touches cup C.

The hole 18 is one means by which to hang a display article such as H,but I prefer to use also another hole or horizontal groove 19 whichmakes, a sort of hook 29 whereby a loop such as 28 attached to anarticle such as 90 M can be used to support such an article M, as shownin Fig. 4.

When the air begins to enter the cup C, it lets go its grip and thewhole organization falls.

In Fig. 5, I show a body 50 of a different shape having in the top onestafi' hole 51 and having at the lower front 54: no nail hole.

There is a concavo-convex cup 52, however, similar to C and proximateand under the cup 1 is a brace 53 attached to the front of body 50.

In Fig. 7 the brace 40 is straight instead of curved or annular as shownat R and in the front at the bottom, the means to hang or display isonly the nail hole 18, there being no hook such as 29 nor groove such as19.

The suction cup, such as C, may be attached by means of a bolt 24 andnut 25 as shown in Fig. i or as shown in Figs. 5 and 6, the rubber part52 may be integral with a screw 55 which is screwed into a suitablehole'56 in body 50.

In Fig. 3A, I show a triangular body having a brace 62 and hole toreceive an at-' taching shank 61 for a suction cup and inthe top, the.diverging holes 63 and 64 which are wider at the top than at the bottomso that a staff can be easily put in-or taken out.

a The means by which to hang a display article near the bottom is a nail65 having an elongated head with an annular groove in ,which'a loop suchas 28 can be held and a pointed shank 66 to enter a nail hole such as18. V

I claim:

i 1. In a w ndow display support, the combination ofa body ofsubstantially triangular shape having a flat front and in the topqrelatively vertical diverging holes each adapted to receive a staff andin the front,

near the bottom, means by which to hang a display. article; with aconcavo-convex rubber suction cup having a fiat back which is fixed tothe flat front of the body and adapted to adhere toa pane of glass; anda brace attached to the front of thebody and which fits and extendsunder the convex part of said cup.

2. Ina window display support, the combination of a body having a flatfront and in the top a relatively vertical hole adapted to receive astaff and in the front near the bottom means by which to hang a displayarticle; with a concavo-convex rubber suction cup having a flat backwhichis fastened to, the flat front of the body and adapted to adhere toa pane of glass; and a brace attached to the front of the body and whichfits and extends under the convex part of said cup.

3. In a window display support, the combination of a body having a flatfront andin the top a hole adapted to receive a stafi with aconcavo-convex rubber suction cup having a flat back which is fastenedto the flat front of the body and adapted to adhere to apane of glass;and a brace attached to the front of the body and which fits and extendsunder the convex part of said cup.

JOHN W. DEMP's Y.

